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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110277661 | NATURAL OIL BASED MARKING COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR METHODS OF MAKING Natural oil based marking compositions and their methods of making are provided. The compositions comprise a lipid-based wax having approximately 0-90 percent by weight triacylglycerides and approximately 10-99 percent by weight monoacylglycerides and diacylglycerides c... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110274893 | COATING COMPOSITION FOR MARKING SUBSTRATES Coating composition comprising a char forming compound as a first compound capable of forming a coloured substance upon exposition to energy; at least one latent activator selected from the group consisting of ammonium phosphate, ammonium polyphosphate, ammonium sulfite... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110036928 | Method and Composition for Surface Coating The subject invention concerns methods revealing surface imperfections on an object comprising the steps of: coating the surface to be inspected with a composition comprising an opaque, water-dispersible liquid, sufficiently surface-adherent and with surface-wetting pro... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110018252 | SECURITY PIGMENT The present invention relates to a security pigment having an intrinsic hidden and/or forensic security feature, consisting of a transparent inorganic matrix and at least one particulate material embedded in the matrix, to the use of a security pigment of this type for ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100304142 | COLOR ERASABLE RECORDING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME According to one embodiment, a method for producing a color erasable recording material includes dispersing a granulated mixture of a color erasable recording material in an aqueous medium to form an aqueous dispersion liquid, and subjecting the dispersion liquid to a h... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100275807 | PHOTOLUMINESCENT NANOCRYSTAL BASED TAGGANTS A taggant for marking a target through the use of a carrier or a projectile loaded on a firing device and methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. The taggant including photoluminescent semiconductor nanocrystal(s) materials incorporated in a carrier or projectil... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100112290 | MATERIALS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MARKING A LOCATION OF BURIED ITEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING SUCH MATERIALS Materials and systems for marking locations of an item buried below ground comprise a compactable material comprising a plurality of particles at least partially surrounds the item buried below ground. The compactable material has a selected color distinct which differs... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100068234 | Laser-Markable Compositions A laser-markable composition comprises a marking component and an organic compound, wherein the organic compound absorbs laser radiation at 780 to 2000 nm and thereby causes the marking component to change colour, and wherein the organic compound has an absorptivity rat... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100024935 | USAGE OF MICRON OR SUBMICRON SIZE TRANSPARENT OR TRANSLUCENT BEADS TO IMPROVE REFLECTANCE A reflectant coating composition includes a binding agent and a plurality of transparent or translucent beads immersed within the binding agent.... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090232968 | Stabilizers for Thermosetting Powder Coating Compositions The present invention relates to thermosetting powder coating compositions comprising of at least one bismuth-containing inorganic pigment, at least one organic phosphorous stabilizer, at least one thermally polymerizable thermosetting powder coating resin and at least ... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090075038 | Printing formulations The present invention relates to a printing formulation comprising monodisperse particles and particles, wherein the particles have a largest dimension which is at least 6 times larger than the largest dimension of the monodisperse particles, as well as to the use of th... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090045360 | QUANTUM DOT-BASED LUMINESCENT MARKING MATERIAL A luminescent marking material includes a luminescent material, which includes quantum dots, and a vehicle for delivering the luminescent material to an object. A method of embedding information on a substrate includes assigning information to luminescent material, whic... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20080295347 | Moisture resistant chalk line composition for use with chalk line devices The present invention is moisture resistant chalk line composition comprising an effective amount of calcium carbonate, an effective amount of one or more dyes, and an effective amount of one or more hydrophobes, said effective amount of calcium carbonate comprises at l... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080264294 | Method of analysing a temperature indicating paint using a marker paint A marker paint comprises 42 wt % to 52 wt % pigment, 31 wt % to 37 wt % acrylic resin and 17 wt % to 21 wt % silicone resin excluding solvent. The pigment comprises cobalt titanium oxide, titanium nickel antimony oxide, cobalt aluminium oxide or cadmium sulphide seleniu... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080236442 | Chalk line device, waterproof chalk composition, and method A waterproof chalk composition including silicone oil, powdered chalk, and optional colorants, suitable for applying to a chalk line of a chalk line device, is provided. Methods of making and using the waterproof chalk composition using silicone oil, powdered chalk, and... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080194719 | Composition for forming a laser-markable coating and a laser-markable material containing organic absorption enhancement additives A coating composition for coating on a substrate to form a sensitive media suitable for color formation by exposure to a laser in the wavelength range of from about 10.3 to about 10.6 microns is provided, the coating composition comprising: (a) at least one organic comp... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080174643 | LIQUID COMPOSITION, INK-JET RECORDING PROCESS, INK-JET RECORDING INK SET, RECORDING UNIT, INK CARTRIDGE, INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INK-JET RECORDING INK An ink-jet recording liquid composition which is used together with a colored ink to form images and is capable of causing reaction upon contact with the colored ink; the composition being characterized by containing at least (a) a polyvalent metal salt, (b) a substance... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080024575 | Inkjet ink set An inkjet ink set includes eleven colored inks and a surface enhancing ink. The eleven colored inks include a magenta ink, a light magenta ink, a yellow ink, a cyan ink, a light cyan ink, a medium gray ink, a light gray ink, a photo black ink, a red ink, a green ink, an... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20080016710 | SNAP LINE AND METHOD A snap line for use in applying powdered material to a surface. The line comprises at least one strand of material that has been coated with water repellent material. The line may be used in conjunction with powder that has also been coated with water repellent material... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20070271709 | Method and composition for avoiding staining during hair coloring A compound or mixture and a method are provided for preventing the coloring of hair or skin during a coloring procedure. The system may include two components: a compound that chemically protects the surface of the hair to which it is applied; and an applicator to accur... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070215001 | Reprocessing indicators for medical instruments A medical instrument including a body member and an indicator component. The indicator component includes a mechanism for identifying when reprocessing of the medical instrument has occurred. ... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20060157895 | Colouring masonry surfaces A method of coating a masonry product or structure, in which a single coating of a tinting composition is made on the exposed surface of the masonry product or structure that maintains its look, feel or texture, the masonry product or structure being chosen for suitabil... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060147737 | Reactive colorant compounds and polymeric materials copolymerized therewith Disclosed are certain polyoxyalkylene-containing colorant compounds having one or more ethylenically-unsaturated, photopolymerizable radicals that which may be copolymerized (or cured) with ethylenically-unsaturated monomers to produce colored compositions such as color... | 07/06/2006 |
| 20050037192 | Flake for covert security applications Covert flakes having one or more symbols and/or a selected shape are used in a composition, such as ink or paint, to provide a covert security feature to an object. In some embodiments the composition includes base pigment, and the covert flakes are covert pigment flake... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050020732 | Ink for silk-screen printing and corresponding printing technique The present invention relates to inks for silk-screen printing technique, as well as the corresponding printing technique, designed to bestow upon the reproduction obtained by means of the use of said inks on an appropriate substrate, preferably of a paper type, a parti... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050013938 | Fingerprint compound and method A printing compound suitable for recording unique surface characteristics of an object such as a person's finger, palm or foot, tire tread or shoe sole, on a porous medium such as paper, is composed of (1) a composition, e.g., printer's ink, capable of delineating such ... | 01/20/2005 |